Example sentences of "have [vb pp] off [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The fuselage has broken off behind the pilot 's seat , the propeller shaft and gearing , having fallen away from the engine on impact , lie nearby .
2 The first ship date has moved off into the future again , and ‘ no later than ’ August 1 is the new target .
3 Bill Gates has firmed up prices for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT operating system , but the first ships date has moved off into the future again , and ‘ no later than ’ August 1 is the new target : according to Gates , in comments reported in PC Week , large corporate customers looking to upgrade from Windows 3 to NT will be able to do so for less than $100 per desktop — the upgrade price for Windows users will be $300 , which translates to $180 ‘ on the street ’ and less than ‘ $100 per system ’ after deep volume discounts , Gates told a meeting of the Corporate Association of Microcomputer Professionals in Chicago ; OS/2 users will be offered ‘ extremely low prices ; ’ NT 's suggested retail price for new — desktop — users will be $500 ; more bad news is that memory requirements are continuing to soar — Gates last week recommended that NT users install 16Mb on their desktop machines , even though the documentation may specify 12Mb — and no more than about 10% of 80486 machines have 16Mb ; servers could require more than 16Mb , he added ; initial NT buyers will need to have specific applications in mind for it — ‘ If you do n't know why you want NT , you probably do n't want NT , ’ he said .
4 One can only guess at how Howard and Redwood must feel about taking over a department , only to find that one of their political opponents has walked off with the money .
5 ‘ You will wake Widow MacIntosh — ‘ She is not here , you fool — she has gone off with the mob . ’
6 Fear of doors , entrances , gates etc. often occurs when a horse has been ( unwisely ) tied to a gate and has gone off with the gate ! !
7 That privilege , and the airs and presumption that went with it , are still resented ; and some of the resentment has rubbed off on the poet .
8 Noel has cleared off with the one-man tent .
9 Two years later , his dedication to keeping the show on the road has paid off with the new £8 million film The Muppet Christmas Carol , which opens in Britain this week starring Michael Caine as Scrooge .
10 That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year .
11 Other jobs they 'd pulled off over the years that we can nail them for . ’
12 She said , do you know she said we 'd gone off to the woods and I suddenly remembered I 'd left my purse in the car .
13 She woke , exclaiming that she must have dropped off in the heat .
14 Second , on any other night Hilda might have dozed off in the chair , but not after she 'd had a flaming row with Viola . ’
15 But I must have nodded off at the time .
16 You may have nodded off in the bus on your way to a dusty ruin where street-traders pestered you until you retired to the coach in a huff , but in print you will have enjoyed the delights of a ‘ bustling street market ’ , selling ‘ delightful local crafts ’ in the shadow of ‘ one of the forgotten wonders of the world ’ .
17 The first would have slid off into the darkness .
18 Er that does n't , I mean do n't take it about six o'clock , seven o'clock at night you could have , that could have worn off by the time the
19 I was so needy at the time that I think I would have gone off with the first person who told me I was attractive and showed my affection .
20 Queen Mary had such an eye for antiques , you see , if she 'd seen them , she 'd have gone off with the lot .
21 The Indians had taken the radio telephones ( they 'd have gone off with the genny if they 'd had a crane ) and Caracas thought they 'd just broken down again so came as per normal .
22 ‘ So the bomb must have gone off in the committee room .
23 It is a remote and inaccessible area and he would never have gone off in the dark .
24 I 'd have cast off in the Angharad to fetch you the minute I knew you were there ! ’
25 If I had n't had the golf-bag on my shoulder , I would have taken off with the umbrella .
26 I may have taken off in the wrong direction entirely .
27 Had it been a real train the sound would have faded off towards the west — away from the hostel instead , and we could now hear the engine as well ; it came towards the hostel over the non-existent harbour branch and clattered to a stop , perhaps at one of the wharves .
28 In each she could happily have hopped off into the side-streets with their displays of over-priced gauds but Nils had insisted on timing things right .
29 MOUNTAIN adventurer Rebecca Stephens was yesterday thought to have set off on the final stage of a climb which will make her the first British women to reach the top of Everest .
30 ‘ He seems to have gone off into the wilds of Turkey on some dig or other , and got so interested that he forgot to come back .
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